I'll try and help out. If you would, post your resistances & percentage reduction (each, individually, self-buffed WITHOUT Unwavering Will if you decided to pick it up again). Also post your armor % reduction, life on hit, life per hit, and what you're doing with your Paragon points.
I can take a look at your damage too but honestly, my Wizard is able to do T4 Solo and T3 in a group with ~800k damage (though a lot of % arcane and arcane torrent damage). You'd probably be a better judge for damage, as you want enough to feel comfortable.
Hey guys, I've been looking to find a thread with meaningful discussion about AR and when it might become bad to keep stacking it. Since I havn't found one, I thought I might start up a thread using my current stats and maybe people could help me (and others who're curious) understand it better.
I'm going to start off by listing my profile, damage/toughness while self-buffed and current defensive stats;
Self-buffed (without Unwavering Will active) damage and toughness:
Damage - 675k
Tougness - 5,085,000
1750 Physical & Arcane Resist
1875 Cold, Fire, & Lightning Resist
2156 Poison Resist
This is without Unwavering Will active which boosts them by roughly 300-350 each.
Self-buffed I have 221k HP. I only have 273 Life per Second, 364 Life per Hit, 0 Life per Kill, and 0 Life Steal.
My armor is 5826 which is a 62.47% reduction in damage. With Unwavering Will active, it goes up to 6646/65.50% so I don't think getting more armor is that helpful and I'm currently working on the 25% bonus armor from Paragon levels (filled up AR first). I'm at 7% out of the 25% available.
On T3 since I have virtually 0 Life per Second/Life per Hit, I can die extremely fast to ranged mobs if I'm not paying attention even though I can kill things very quickly (Elites drop pretty fast too since I have a level 60 SoJ with arcane damage on it). Since it's seemingly ranged mobs that give me the most trouble, I'd like to focus my defence on taking less damage from this.
Taking my Physical Resist into account atm, when mousing over WITHOUT Unwavering Will active, it says it reduces physical damage from level 70 mobs by 83.33% + 16.99%. That's a lot, I don't see another 16.67% being as helpful as getting more HP, Life per Hit, or anything else for that matter.
My belt is String of Ears which currently reduces damage from melee attacks by a whopping 27% which allows to me survive melee attacks fairly easily. Is there an item that reduces ranged damage by 25 - 30% or more?
I still have 6 pieces of level 60 gear to replace which will no doubt bring up my toughness some but only 2 - 3 of them will give me increased toughness once replaced since the others are dedicated to damage. I also planned on replacing my Diamonds with Topaz once I can craft them, which will be around a 90 AR loss.
So, my questions are;
1. How does the percent damage reduction from AR work, where is the +16.99% coming from and how it is added?
2. What is the most important stat/stats for Wizards after getting around 80% damage reduction from AR? Is 80% a good number to stop?
3. Is there an item like my belt that, instead of giving 27% reduced damage from melee attacks that will give roughly the same to ranged?
4. My goal is to be able to destroy mobs and elites very quickly while being able to live in full T4 group (if other people are pulling their weight) since that's where I'll be farming since T5/T6 is just too slow, but I'd still like to be able to maybe solo T6 for EXP later in the expansion. What would you change about to gearing strategy to help me accomplish this? I love my Arcane Torrent build, have been with it since 60 and it's amazing.
EDIT: My profile is NOT showing the stats I've enchanted into, it's showing what was still there so some of it might seem a little bad.
Could you do me a favor and try out this build and let me know what you think? I'm looking for a Wand of Woh but havn't gotten one. Once I do, I plan on using this build for T6;
Regarding my gear, I'm trying to find a BK ring with better stats, an SoJ with Arcane damage, shoulders that offer more survivability, and some bracers that give another 5% arcane (some legendary piece?).
I've been playing through the campaign (reset quests) in Torment 5. Regular mobs practically die instantly and elites die in under 10 seconds if they're grouped up. May take 15 - 20 seconds if I have to kill them individually. On some elite packs that have tough affixs where I have to wait for an opening it may take 30 seconds or just over but never over 40 - 45 seconds. It's fast and easy if I'm paying attention and don't stand in stuff.
I have no tried T6 with my current setup but I assume I'll need another 300 resist all and maybe a weapon that converts damage dealt to life before I can farm it quickly without dying too much.
I only have 4 APoC but I have 155 Arcane Power.
As for Paragon points, I've been putting them into Intelligence | Critical Hit Damage | All Resistance | Area Damage
I'm NOT running Blur atm but it seems to be working fine on T5.
That's a good idea, I'll try the all-res in my chest piece. I was actually looking to replace that haha.
The shoulders that are showing up are not the ones I actually have equipped and I'm not sure why my helm/belt updated but the shoulders still didn't. My current shoulders have Int/Vit/AR/15% Familiar damage.
New Ghennas is something I'll work on, I thought that'd be a piece I might replace since I'm not using Magic Missile.
On my gloves, would it be okay to go with Arcane Damage/Vit/AR and Armor OR Life per Hit?
I also switched Glass Cannon for Cold Blooded yesterday. I'm at 607k Toughness self-buffed.
EDIT: I was wondering, do you think Ice Armor - Ice Reflect would work better than Frozen Storm? It looks like it'd give more survivability as well as do more damage.
I tried out the build you're using in the youtube video and I must say that I'm really impressed, it's awesome. I can't quite run that build in T6, I die too much because my toughness and regen isn't high enough yet but I'm going to try and figure out which pieces I can switch around to make it so. I kill things in T6 about 3 times as fast as you did in the video so I'm hopeful that once I find some gear that gives me some sort of regeneration as well as some more resist all that I'll be able to destroy it.
I moved down a difficulty with the build and while I can destroy things almost instantly, elite packs kill me before I can kill them a lot of times. I guess it might be better for me to try Spectral Blades but it seems like I'd lose a decent amount of DPS given that I can't cast that and AT at the same time. I'm not sure which piece of gear I should look to replace for some survivability.. they're all pretty good pieces except maybe my chest/shoulders but I'm not sure if that'd be the best way to get regen.
That's interesting, I'll try it out when I get home but don't you think I'd need more toughness before I can try it on a higher difficulty? Currently in T3 I one-shot minions, two-shot regular mobs, and burn through entire elite packs in 10 seconds or less (if they're bunched up) while ignoring any damage because nothing kills me before I heal up so I've been farming T4 where there's a little danger but not too much if I just avoid/dodge stuff while still killing things pretty fast.
That said, it looks like that build could be more damage once I replace my Magic Missile with Spectral Blade while giving me additional arcane power regeneration. I lose the 10% extra damage from Slow Time and the 5% crit from Energy Armor but the constant Spectral Blade spam should beat that if I can keep casting both of them at the same time.
What do you think of this with my current set-up, only with Spectral Blade damage where Magic Missile damage is on my gear? I changed Teleport with Slow Time;
I really like the above build, am I correct in assuming that I can cast Spectral Blade and Arcane Torrent simultaneously? If so, I might even consider changing the rune on Spectral Blade to Thrown Blade so it does even more damage and has a bit more reach.. and change my passive from Astral Presence to Prodigy. The reason for Slow Time over Teleport is because it'd be perma-stun without the risk of taking melee damage as I can get a third Slow Time up before the first one expires. Is there an internal CD on the stun proc of Point of No Return or any type of diminishing return?
Hey guys, I've been messing around with an Arcane Torrent build and it seems to do really well in T4 (I farm T4 for speed) but I can also do T5 though with a few deaths. I sometimes die once or twice to a tough affix in T4 but am okay for the most part. I can almost just tank and spank in T4 with my healing (even though it's not much) but I do have to avoid some stuff and anything that elites might have. Elites on T4 take anywhere from 20 to 45 seconds while bosses are probably a min and a half.
I was hoping someone could take a look at my gear and tell me what they think I should work on replacing, ect. Currently, self-buffed, I have 155k damage, 700k toughness, 2k healing, 50% crit, only about 120% crit damage, and between 765 - 865 resist.
I love the build but I feel like I should be able to do T6 because my gear really isn't that bad at all besides a socket in my weapon and maybe a better belt. What could you do to my gear to boost both my DPS as well as my survivability?
I'm using Slow Time currently because I can have 3 up at a time before the first one goes away since I have a 58% CDR to Slow Time on my weapon. It's the only "defensive" ability I have -- the rest of my abilities besides Energy Armor - Pinpoint Barrier are purely focused on DPS. I guess you could call Magic Missile - Glacial Spike a defensive ability since it's really only there for CC; a guaranteed freeze once every 5 seconds. If I could make room for Teleport or Mirror Images (which is what I'd likely use instead of Teleport) then I could probably easily survive T6 but then I run into the problem of my damage being a lot less. I've only tried T6 once and that was in Act 2 - A Royal Audience but those demons are pretty annoying seeing as they go invis til they're close. I can kill them with decent speed but it was hell trying to stay alive but at the time I used Mirror Images and a Skorn instead of my current set-up. I'll have to give it another shot.
Basically, I feel like I have a strong build and pretty good gear but don't think I'm doing as much damage as I should. For bosses, I try to switch from Cascade to Disruption but I cannot tell which does more damage. Is there a rule to follow? Does Disruption proc from the next series of attacks from my channel?
EDIT: For some reason it's showing a different set of Rare Shoulders than what I currently have on. My current shoulders actually have +15% to Familiar and I believe more int. I also realize I need Arcane Damage on my SoJ but that's the only one I've found so far.
EDIT 2: Upon further inspection, I noticed it shows me still wearing Tal Rasha's helm when I replaced it yesterday with a good rare that had +14% to Arcane Torrent, 5.5% crit, either 4 APoC or 13 maximum arcane power, and 304 int (only parts I remember without logging in to check, but I'm @ work right now). Is there a way to update my D3 "armory"?
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I can take a look at your damage too but honestly, my Wizard is able to do T4 Solo and T3 in a group with ~800k damage (though a lot of % arcane and arcane torrent damage). You'd probably be a better judge for damage, as you want enough to feel comfortable.
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I'm going to start off by listing my profile, damage/toughness while self-buffed and current defensive stats;
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/PKHustle-1444/hero/40996176
Self-buffed (without Unwavering Will active) damage and toughness:
Damage - 675k
Tougness - 5,085,000
1750 Physical & Arcane Resist
1875 Cold, Fire, & Lightning Resist
2156 Poison Resist
This is without Unwavering Will active which boosts them by roughly 300-350 each.
Self-buffed I have 221k HP. I only have 273 Life per Second, 364 Life per Hit, 0 Life per Kill, and 0 Life Steal.
My armor is 5826 which is a 62.47% reduction in damage. With Unwavering Will active, it goes up to 6646/65.50% so I don't think getting more armor is that helpful and I'm currently working on the 25% bonus armor from Paragon levels (filled up AR first). I'm at 7% out of the 25% available.
On T3 since I have virtually 0 Life per Second/Life per Hit, I can die extremely fast to ranged mobs if I'm not paying attention even though I can kill things very quickly (Elites drop pretty fast too since I have a level 60 SoJ with arcane damage on it). Since it's seemingly ranged mobs that give me the most trouble, I'd like to focus my defence on taking less damage from this.
Taking my Physical Resist into account atm, when mousing over WITHOUT Unwavering Will active, it says it reduces physical damage from level 70 mobs by 83.33% + 16.99%. That's a lot, I don't see another 16.67% being as helpful as getting more HP, Life per Hit, or anything else for that matter.
My belt is String of Ears which currently reduces damage from melee attacks by a whopping 27% which allows to me survive melee attacks fairly easily. Is there an item that reduces ranged damage by 25 - 30% or more?
I still have 6 pieces of level 60 gear to replace which will no doubt bring up my toughness some but only 2 - 3 of them will give me increased toughness once replaced since the others are dedicated to damage. I also planned on replacing my Diamonds with Topaz once I can craft them, which will be around a 90 AR loss.
So, my questions are;
1. How does the percent damage reduction from AR work, where is the +16.99% coming from and how it is added?
2. What is the most important stat/stats for Wizards after getting around 80% damage reduction from AR? Is 80% a good number to stop?
3. Is there an item like my belt that, instead of giving 27% reduced damage from melee attacks that will give roughly the same to ranged?
4. My goal is to be able to destroy mobs and elites very quickly while being able to live in full T4 group (if other people are pulling their weight) since that's where I'll be farming since T5/T6 is just too slow, but I'd still like to be able to maybe solo T6 for EXP later in the expansion. What would you change about to gearing strategy to help me accomplish this? I love my Arcane Torrent build, have been with it since 60 and it's amazing.
EDIT: My profile is NOT showing the stats I've enchanted into, it's showing what was still there so some of it might seem a little bad.
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http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#cehQSj!Xdh!Zcaccc
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Profile/gear: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/PKHustle-1444/hero/40996176
Build:http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#cefQSj!Xdh!Zccccc
Regarding my gear, I'm trying to find a BK ring with better stats, an SoJ with Arcane damage, shoulders that offer more survivability, and some bracers that give another 5% arcane (some legendary piece?).
I've been playing through the campaign (reset quests) in Torment 5. Regular mobs practically die instantly and elites die in under 10 seconds if they're grouped up. May take 15 - 20 seconds if I have to kill them individually. On some elite packs that have tough affixs where I have to wait for an opening it may take 30 seconds or just over but never over 40 - 45 seconds. It's fast and easy if I'm paying attention and don't stand in stuff.
I have no tried T6 with my current setup but I assume I'll need another 300 resist all and maybe a weapon that converts damage dealt to life before I can farm it quickly without dying too much.
I only have 4 APoC but I have 155 Arcane Power.
As for Paragon points, I've been putting them into Intelligence | Critical Hit Damage | All Resistance | Area Damage
I'm NOT running Blur atm but it seems to be working fine on T5.
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The shoulders that are showing up are not the ones I actually have equipped and I'm not sure why my helm/belt updated but the shoulders still didn't. My current shoulders have Int/Vit/AR/15% Familiar damage.
New Ghennas is something I'll work on, I thought that'd be a piece I might replace since I'm not using Magic Missile.
On my gloves, would it be okay to go with Arcane Damage/Vit/AR and Armor OR Life per Hit?
I also switched Glass Cannon for Cold Blooded yesterday. I'm at 607k Toughness self-buffed.
EDIT: I was wondering, do you think Ice Armor - Ice Reflect would work better than Frozen Storm? It looks like it'd give more survivability as well as do more damage.
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I tried out the build you're using in the youtube video and I must say that I'm really impressed, it's awesome. I can't quite run that build in T6, I die too much because my toughness and regen isn't high enough yet but I'm going to try and figure out which pieces I can switch around to make it so. I kill things in T6 about 3 times as fast as you did in the video so I'm hopeful that once I find some gear that gives me some sort of regeneration as well as some more resist all that I'll be able to destroy it.
I moved down a difficulty with the build and while I can destroy things almost instantly, elite packs kill me before I can kill them a lot of times. I guess it might be better for me to try Spectral Blades but it seems like I'd lose a decent amount of DPS given that I can't cast that and AT at the same time. I'm not sure which piece of gear I should look to replace for some survivability.. they're all pretty good pieces except maybe my chest/shoulders but I'm not sure if that'd be the best way to get regen.
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http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#ecSfjQ!ZYX!aZZacc
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#eWSfjQ!ZYX!aZZacc
I'll try out both of those builds,
That said, it looks like that build could be more damage once I replace my Magic Missile with Spectral Blade while giving me additional arcane power regeneration. I lose the 10% extra damage from Slow Time and the 5% crit from Energy Armor but the constant Spectral Blade spam should beat that if I can keep casting both of them at the same time.
What do you think of this with my current set-up, only with Spectral Blade damage where Magic Missile damage is on my gear? I changed Teleport with Slow Time;
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#eWSfjg!ZYX!aZZacY
I really like the above build, am I correct in assuming that I can cast Spectral Blade and Arcane Torrent simultaneously? If so, I might even consider changing the rune on Spectral Blade to Thrown Blade so it does even more damage and has a bit more reach.. and change my passive from Astral Presence to Prodigy. The reason for Slow Time over Teleport is because it'd be perma-stun without the risk of taking melee damage as I can get a third Slow Time up before the first one expires. Is there an internal CD on the stun proc of Point of No Return or any type of diminishing return?
What do you think?
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I was hoping someone could take a look at my gear and tell me what they think I should work on replacing, ect. Currently, self-buffed, I have 155k damage, 700k toughness, 2k healing, 50% crit, only about 120% crit damage, and between 765 - 865 resist.
I love the build but I feel like I should be able to do T6 because my gear really isn't that bad at all besides a socket in my weapon and maybe a better belt. What could you do to my gear to boost both my DPS as well as my survivability?
I'm using Slow Time currently because I can have 3 up at a time before the first one goes away since I have a 58% CDR to Slow Time on my weapon. It's the only "defensive" ability I have -- the rest of my abilities besides Energy Armor - Pinpoint Barrier are purely focused on DPS. I guess you could call Magic Missile - Glacial Spike a defensive ability since it's really only there for CC; a guaranteed freeze once every 5 seconds. If I could make room for Teleport or Mirror Images (which is what I'd likely use instead of Teleport) then I could probably easily survive T6 but then I run into the problem of my damage being a lot less. I've only tried T6 once and that was in Act 2 - A Royal Audience but those demons are pretty annoying seeing as they go invis til they're close. I can kill them with decent speed but it was hell trying to stay alive but at the time I used Mirror Images and a Skorn instead of my current set-up. I'll have to give it another shot.
Basically, I feel like I have a strong build and pretty good gear but don't think I'm doing as much damage as I should. For bosses, I try to switch from Cascade to Disruption but I cannot tell which does more damage. Is there a rule to follow? Does Disruption proc from the next series of attacks from my channel?
Here's my gear/build:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/PKHustle-1444/hero/40996176
Thanks.
EDIT: For some reason it's showing a different set of Rare Shoulders than what I currently have on. My current shoulders actually have +15% to Familiar and I believe more int. I also realize I need Arcane Damage on my SoJ but that's the only one I've found so far.
EDIT 2: Upon further inspection, I noticed it shows me still wearing Tal Rasha's helm when I replaced it yesterday with a good rare that had +14% to Arcane Torrent, 5.5% crit, either 4 APoC or 13 maximum arcane power, and 304 int (only parts I remember without logging in to check, but I'm @ work right now). Is there a way to update my D3 "armory"?